Nigeria’s maginal field auction to hold before year-end

Lagos — After many years of waiting, Nigeria has said auctioning of its marginal fields would hold before end of 2020.

Timipre Sylva, Minister of State (Petroleum Resources) made this known during a recent media briefing.

He, however, was quick to explain that the bid for bigger acreages which would be on offer, concessions in the shallow offshore and deep offshore assets would be dependent on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill due to the need to stabilise the fiscal framework.

Bidders will have 56 fields located on land, swamp and shallow water terrains to choose from.

The last marginal field bid round was conducted in 2002 as twenty-four fields were given to 32 companies, in 2003, while licensing round was conducted last in 2007.

Nigeria has been planning for a marginal field round of bidding for more than 10 years.

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